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Founded in 1829 Perkins School for the Blind is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. The school’s mission is to provide education and services that build productive, meaningful lives for children and adults around the world who are blind, deafblind, or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities.
The Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, founded in 1880, is a resource for researchers, the Perkins community, professionals, parents and the public. The Library offers one of the largest and most comprehensive collections on the non-medical aspects of blindness and deafblindness that is available to the public.For more information about archival materials at Perkins, visit Perkinsarchives.org
Helen Keller Newspaper Notices
This twenty-one volume collection of bound scrapbooks from 1887-1947 contains newspaper clippings, articles, and pamphlets about Helen Keller, detailing information about her early education to her later life. The clippings include information about other deafblind students, as well as references to Anne Sullivan, Mark Twain, Alexander Graham Bell, and other figures in her life. Reports of her activities include her efforts to establish vocational training and rehabilitation services for the blind, her interest in women's suffrage, socialism, and industrial workers of the world.A thumbnail representation from which newspapers and publications the clippings come from can be found Here,.
The Lantern
The Lantern is a Perkins publication that puts into writing the latest news and events going on at the school and in the greater Perkins community. It was initially a quarterly publication, but is currently published once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Current issues are available on the Perkins website. Issues from 1931-2002 are available on the Internet Archive, a full list can be found here.Current Issues are available here.
The Mentor
The Mentor is a monthly magazine devoted to the interests of the blind at home and abroad and is possibly the earliest publication by and for the blind. Published by the Alumni Association of the Perkins Institution for the Blind from 1891-1894. More information can be found here.Publications of The Mentor
The Lens
The Lens was a monthly literary magazine for the students and community at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. It was published from 1903-1905 and edited by Everett Davison (1903-1904) and Frederick V. Walsh (1904-1905). More information can be found here.Publications of The Lens
Annual Reports
Publications of the Annual ReportsThe Annual Reports are yearly publications that provide an account of the past year’s accomplishments including detailed reports of the various departments, student lists, and fiscal information. Current issues, beginning in 2001 are available on the Perkins website. Annual Reports from 1833-2000 are available on the Internet Archive, a full list can be found here.
Perkins Institution Scrapbooks
Publications of the Scrapbooks
Scrapbook of clippings with articles about the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, now Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
For more information visit the Perkins Archives website. A list of volumes of Perkins Institution Scrapbooks are available on the Internet Archive; a full list can be found here.
Perkins Kindergarten Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings
Publications of the Kindergarten Scrapbooks of Newspaper Clippings
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the first kindergarten for the blind, founded by the Perkins Institution (now Perkins School for the Blind). Topics include Helen Keller, Laura Bridgman, Samuel Gridley Howe, Julia Ward Howe, Michael Anagnos. Handwritten index.
For more information visit the Perkins Archives website. A list of volumes of Perkins Institution Scrapbooks are available on the Internet Archive; a full list can be found here.
Scrapbook of Clippings with Articles on Blindness
Publications of the Scrapbook of Clippings with Articles on Blindness
Scrapbook of clippings with articles on the subject of blindness collected by the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, now Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
For more information visit the Perkins Archives website. A list of volumes of Scrapbook of Clippings with Articles on Blindness are available on the Internet Archive; a full list can be found here.
Scrapbook of Clippings on Music and Theater in Boston
Publications of the Scrapbook of Clippings on Music and Theater in Boston
Scrapbook of clippings with articles on the subject of blindness collected by the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, now Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
For more information visit the Perkins Archives website. A list of volumes of Scrapbook of Clippings on Music and Theater in Boston are available on the Internet Archive; singular volume can be found here.
Perkins Centennial Scrapbook
Publications of the Perkins Centennial Scrapbook
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the occasion of the Centennial of the founding of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind (now Perkins School for the Blind).
Laura Bridgman Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks, 1838-1904, containing clippings related to Laura Bridgman (1829-1889), the first person with deafblindness to learn language. 4 volumes. For more information visit the Perkins Archives website For more information about this material visit the Perkins Archives website.
Laura Bridgman's Journals and Other Writings
Journals (1841-1856, 45 volumes), and dictated stories and other writings (1844-1845, 4 volumes), about Laura Bridgman (1829-1889), the first deafblind person to learn language. For more information visit the Perkins Archives website For more information about this material visit the Perkins Archives website.
Teacher Journals: Bridgman and Deafblind Pupils
Detailed accounts by teachers at the Perkins Institution (now Perkins School for the Blind) of daily activities, lessons, travel, interactions between the students, conversations, thoughts and temperament of students with deafblindness including Laura Bridgman, Oliver Caswell, and others. 18 volumes. For more information visit the Perkins Archives website For more information about this material visit the Perkins Archives website.
Royal Normal College for the Blind Annual Reports, Clippings, and Pamphlets (now Royal National College for the Blind)
Annual Reports from 1873-1992 (33 volumes), and pamphlets and clippings from 186 8-1930 (2 volumes). For more information visit the Perkins Archives website For more information about this material visit the Perkins Archives website.
For more information visit the Perkins Archives website. A list of volumes of Perkins Centennial Scrapbook in Boston are available on the Internet Archive; a full list can be found here.
For a list of other digitized archival material related to Perkins and the blind click here
